Edge City, Just off the Interstate: Boon or Bane?

This article briefly discusses the evolution of edge cities, which were organized largely around major interstate highways, and the future challenge of protecting interstate highways from losing excess service to unplanned growth. It is proposed that regional strategies are needed to protect such scarce transportation capacities by containing and clustering commercial growth as much as possible, which also will improve the sustainability of suburban commercial centers.

• Record URL:
  • https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/23254
• Record URL:
  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/trnews/trnews244edgecity.pdf
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• Authors:
  • Dunphy, Robert T
• Publication Date: 2006-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Photos; References;
• Pagination: pp 20-21
• Serial:
  • TR News
  • Issue Number: 244
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0738-6826
  • Serial URL: https://doi.org/10.17226/895

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commercial strips; Interstate highways; Regional planning; Strategic planning; Sustainable development; Urban growth; Urban sprawl
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I10: Economics and Administration; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01029587
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jul 24 2006 3:00PM